The following is based on the topic outline found in the AP US History "Acorn Guide". Although it is not necessarily exactly what you need to know for the exam, it will provide you with an "idea" of what you are reading for (while taking "Fresh Notes," of course).
6. Transformation of the Economy and Society in Antebellum America
The transportation revolution and creation of a national market economy
Beginnings of industrialization and changes in social and class structures
Immigration and nativist reaction
Planters, yeoman farmers, and slaves in the cotton South
9. Territorial Expansion and Manifest Destiny
Western migration and cultural interactions
Territorial acquisititions
Early U.S. imperialism: the Mexican War
Kennedy Chapters for this Segment
Chapter 14 - Forging the National Economy (pages 287-319)
Chapter 17 - Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy (pages 370-389)
The following is based on the topic outline found in the AP US History "Acorn Guide". Although it is not necessarily exactly what you need to know for the exam, it will provide you with an "idea" of what you are reading for (while taking "Fresh Notes," of course).
6. Transformation of the Economy and Society in Antebellum America
9. Territorial Expansion and Manifest Destiny
Kennedy Chapters for this Segment
The "New York" Quiz Questions for this section
Kennedy Exam Multiple Choice Questions for this section
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